Ince & Co is to defer half of its autumn 2018 trainee intake by one year, paying them an incentive of £7,000 to do so. Five of the firm’s 10 autumn starters will instead begin in 2019. A spokesperson for the firm confirmed that the process was a voluntary one, with future trainees offered the […]

Linklaters has successfully defended the Bank of New York Mellon from an appeal launched by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) against the freezing of assets. A judgment permitting BNY Mellon to freeze $23bn worth of assets belonging to the NBK’s National Fund of Kazakhstan was passed down in Belgian and Dutch courts, and was […]

Hogan Lovells is in the early stages of developing a plan to use chatbots to answer clients’ FAQs, part of a wider drive towards automation and cutting human involvement in repetitive tasks. London-based fintech partner and innovation head Emily Reid said Hogan Lovells was considering running a trial aimed at introducing chatbots later this year. […]

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The Ministry of Justice, World Bank and Multi Donor Trust Fund for Justice Sector Support in Serbia organized a conference regarding the role of expert witnesses in the judicial system and the changes which should be taken in order to improve the Law on Expert Witness. The expert witness has a key role in proceedings […]

Karanovic & Partners had the opportunity to participate in AmCham’s round table and hear first-hand about the Amendments to the Law on Enforcement and Security (“Law”), as well as to discuss with the members of the Working Group of the Serbian Ministry of Justice the problems occurring in practice and their possible solutions. Click below […]

Serbia signed a Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“MLI”). The MLI should prevent the abuse of domestic tax laws and double taxation treaties (“DTT”), and its provisions shall be accordingly incorporated into the current DTT signed by Serbia. Serbia has also signed a double tax […]

By Ivana Dišović The interview with Ivana Dišović was published in Septembe 2018, by CEE Legal Matters. “It is pretty quiet on the dispute resolution market, as hearings are not held in the summer,” says Ivana Disovic, Partner and attorney at law in cooperation with Karanovic & Nikolic. “In contrast, we see high activity in the […]

Over the years, Montenegro invested significant efforts in the development of the tourism industry, and one could say that it is steadily becoming a go-to destination for those seeking an ultimate luxury Riviera lifestyle. The recent steps taken by Montenegrin legislators show that international trends are well received and recognized by local authorities, this time […]

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By Maria Connolly The ECJ found that the Commission had granted approval in 2014 after just a month long preliminary examination and had failed to take full account of objections raised. The Commission must now undertake a full investigation of the scheme before granting state aid approval. It may emerge that changes to the scheme […]

By Tsvetan Krumov The amendments provide new business opportunities to banks to enter into repo transactions and derivatives with Bulgarian pension funds. There are various types of private social security funds under Bulgarian law depending on the social security risks they cover. However, as the regime for derivatives and repo transactions is identical for all […]

By Anke Holtland Yesterday, the Amsterdam District Court ruled in summary proceedings that the Museum Map Foundation must provide data to the tax authorities on museum visits by one specific museum card holder. What was going on? The Tax and Customs Administration demanded the information about museum visits from one specific museum card holder for the period 2014 to […]

By Joost Dibbits On 5 November 2018, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Flanders Department of Economics, Science and Innovation entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on personalised medicine. The parties to the memorandum refer to the definition of personalised medicine used by the Council of the EU (2015/C 421/03): […]

By Roland de Vlam, Redmar Damsma With the tender for the Hollandse Kust Zuid III & IV offshore wind sites in Q1 2019 rapidly approaching, potential contesters and other interested parties are awaiting the publication of the definitive version of the Ministerial Regulation holding the rules and weightings related to the tender procedure and criteria […]

Ince & Co is to defer half of its autumn 2018 trainee intake by one year, paying them an incentive of £7,000 to do so. Five of the firm’s 10 autumn starters will instead begin in 2019. A spokesperson for the firm confirmed that the process was a voluntary one, with future trainees offered the […]

Linklaters has successfully defended the Bank of New York Mellon from an appeal launched by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) against the freezing of assets. A judgment permitting BNY Mellon to freeze $23bn worth of assets belonging to the NBK’s National Fund of Kazakhstan was passed down in Belgian and Dutch courts, and was […]

Hogan Lovells is in the early stages of developing a plan to use chatbots to answer clients’ FAQs, part of a wider drive towards automation and cutting human involvement in repetitive tasks. London-based fintech partner and innovation head Emily Reid said Hogan Lovells was considering running a trial aimed at introducing chatbots later this year. […]

TLT has announced a 10% increase in fee income to hit £82m for the financial 2017/18* – the first full financial year since the launch of its new strategy to 2020. Activity levels were up across the firm’s transactional, advisory and disputes services driven by new client wins, panel appointments and increased support for existing […]

7 June 201813:51

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Taylor Wessing’s former managing partner Tim Eyles has joined consulting group Parker Fitzgerald as its chairman, marking his first official role since leaving the law. As part of his role, Eyles will be tasked with overseeing the international growth strategy and financial performance of the consulting group, tapping into his longtime leadership experience in the legal […]

Latham & Watkins has joined Ashurst in the buy-out of the i newspaper owner Johnston Press, securing the future of the multimedia publisher. The company, which has 200 titles under its belt and is one of the UK’s biggest employers of journalists, turned to Ashurst in October, when it put itself up for sale, riddled […]

Dentons‘ global management duo – chairman Joe Andrew and CEO Elliott Portnoy – have been re-elected for another three-year tenure at the helm of the firm. The duo, who have led the firm for five years already, stood unopposed during the process. They took over the reins in 2013 after the merger of European firm Salans […]

A team of 10 real estate lawyers from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are defecting to City outfit Fladgate in one of the biggest team moves out of the firm since its merger. It was revealed last month that ex-Olswang partners Simon Kanter and Alan Karsberg were to join Fladgate, though it has now emerged […]

Shoosmiths has guided salon chain Regis through its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in the eighth retail restructuring deal that the firm has done in a year. Regis, which owns the hairdresser Supercuts brand, lined up the CVA in October in order to cut its rents after being hit by lower footfall, the apprenticeship levy and higher pension […]

Pennon Group, the water utility and waste management company, is seeking a new general counsel following the departure of its current GC and company secretary. Helen Barrett-Hague leaves Pennon after just two years. Before starting at the FTSE 250 company, she was GC at chemicals group Alent, and prior to this she served as group legal counsel […]